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John Morgan Talks Balancing Hits, Heartfelt Songwriting & ‘Giving People Different Tastes of What I Love’ on ‘Carolina Blue’

Billboard's Country Rookie of the Month for March, John Morgan, opens up about his upcoming debut album.

But in a true “only in Nashville” kind of moment, both of those milestones came courtesy of not only innate talent and ambition — but also one propitious Uber ride, when a conversation about songwriting led to Morgan sharing his contact information with the driver. Carolina Blue follows Morgan’s 2023 EP Remember Us?, which featured a solo version of “Friends Like That.” Co-writing each of the dozen songs on Carolina Blue, Morgan has filled the project with songs he’s stacked up over the past few years, working with co-writers including Allison, Will Bundy, Ben Hayslip, Kennedy, Randy Montana, Jordan Schmidt and Lydia Vaughan. Managed by Maverick and booked by The Neal Agency, Morgan says his new album aims to connect listeners with his own story, while giving them universal songs to find their own point of relation.

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